Illustration: From the deck of a coastal ferry, a child stands beside an adult and points toward the distant boundary where open sea meets sky. No land interrupts the long, clear line. Far away, the upper structure of another ship remains visible while its lower hull has disappeared below the apparent sea edge.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

水すい平へい線せん

suiheisen

horizon at sea

Example sentences

太陽たいようが水平線すいへいせんの下したに沈しずんだ。
The sun sank below the horizon.
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水平線すいへいせんに船ふねが見みえますか。
Do you see a ship on the horizon?
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船ふねが水平線すいへいせん上じょうに現あらわれた。
The ship appeared on the horizon.
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Kanji in 水平線

水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-
平even; flatOnヘイ・ビョウ・ヒョウKunたいら・たいらげる・ひら
線line; trackOnセンKunすじ

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